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Tuesday's letters to the editor

Wages for executives too high(Re: About those QHC wage hikes..., Jan. 26 edition)
What exactly do these “underpaid” executives do that warrants their extravagant compensation — they operate in a de facto government mandated monopoly supplier situation, their revenue stream is all but government guaranteed. They claim there is no money for front-line staff like maintenance workers and nurses and just exactly what value do they produce?
How many paperclips can Mary Clare Egberts save to justify her $325,000+? Clearly the time has come to rethink this whole “senior executive” model in the public service and if they are so valuable please take that better paying job that is out there waiting for them.
I, for one, would be happy to shut off the lights and lock the door on the way out.Peter Erglis
Belleville

Hospitals need support
The staff and volunteers of Belleville General Hospital work hard for their patients, but they desperately need financial help from the provincial government.
People do not choose, but are forced, to attend emergency for medical assistance.
On December 23 my 81-year-old, post-cardiac patient spouse fell face first onto a concrete step and spent six hours in emergency which resulted in stitches and a head scan.
On December 27 we had no choice but to return to emergency and spent 11 hours waiting. After the 11-hour wait he was deemed sick enough to be hospitalized for two nights.
Both of these waits of six and 11 hours I believe to be inhumane and I cannot understand how any administrative office could consider these lengthy waits acceptable.
We do not live in a Third World country,
Why isn’t our provincial government giving our Ontario hospitals priority? Instead they choose to spend money on unnecessary renaming of schools. What is going on?
Belleville General Hospital needs money now.Avita Baskin
Belleville

Ontario loves scandalous Liberals
Although it is nice to see someone finally being found guilty of a serious crime regarding the $ 1 billion politically motivated gas plant boondoggle, we are left wondering why no politician in the McGuinty/Wynne Liberal government has ever been held accountable for the numerous fiscal mismanagement that have taken place over the 13 years they have run Ontario.
For sure, moving the two gas plants to save a couple Liberals seats, then erasing any paper trail to destroy any evidence, is one of the most egregious actions by an Ontario government in its history. Considering Premier Wynne is now shelling out tens of billions in Hydro rebates, to buy back voters, it seems no lesson has been learned. Reckless spending, resulting in Ontario now being a have-not province, buried under an $11 billion annual deficit and $300 billion debt, has been the hallmark of spend-happy Ontario Liberal governments. It seems for many Ontarians they simply cannot get enough of this fiscal irresponsible and scandal ridden gang.Larry Comeau
Ottawa